Clover-seed-recleaning process.



FEB. 27, 1906.

EATEN'TED No. R13-.890.

S. HERR. oLovER SEED RECLEANING PROCESS.

APPLIQATIONVFEFED APE. Ro, 1905.

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other ehsohent meteriel.

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joecceton of Letters Patent.

Applica-'clon fled pril 20, H05,

'etented Feb. 2*?, 2.906..

Serelo. 256,672.

Be it known that Sinni. HERR, e oitizen of the United States, residingetLebanon, in the county oi' Boone and. State of indiane, have invented eete-in new end useful improvements in ioveeeed-Reolennine Prooesses, 'ofwhich the following is e specicetion.

This invention relates to ilnp-rovelnents in ineens for separatingclover-sf-xed 'from the seeds of certain not-ione weeds of precticellythe seine' size end. shape and specific gravity elo Je seed,andthe/rotore diliieult to sepa.- l'ete, out which dili'ez iyoinGlover-seed by having e. surface Coating Ywhich becomes Inucilaginouso1I visoid, and thee'iore adhesive,

'when nmistenod. Buchhm'n-sieed, e product ol e, spe ot plentein, is themoet notabieexemole ot this objectionable variety.

have been mede to sepa-rete miekho'n 'l'om closer seed by pressing theEnix* toire to he cleaned against e. dampened belt, fefhieh causes thehuelihon to adhere to the belt, and then diying the `belt the clove-1-Will diep o'l by gravity oi' mey be ,Tee moved by slightly jarring orbrushing ythe belt. The ehove methods require e preliminary drfing ofthe belt, which diilioult of eeooznifylishinent whee quick opexetionsare req aired, es they ere 'for commerciai success; and the object yotmy inventionl is to hasten the process of separating the seeds 'hy dis-)ensing with the belt-dirjying operation end oy 'providing aninexpensive substance which when Inoistened will collect'u the ouclhorn-Vseeds and mill be readily separable fiom the clover-seeds, to'be thrownewey o1' otherwise disposed of. l

v:i eeoomplish the objects oi the invention by the mechanism illustratedin the' accompanying drawings, in Whichl Figure 'l is e longitudinalvertical section of myl'gnecl e, end Fig. a detail in vertical sectionoir'th line 2 2 oi' Fig. l.

Like chzneotes oi feferenee indicate-like parte th'o'ughout the I loviews.

Iin, the drawings, 3 is en elongated treme, having lthe drum 4 nein oneend and et its otllel end or neer thereto the dun 5. etween thedrums/land 5 shoveA said duns sod nearest to the d'um i is the drum 5,which is partially submerged in the of wete? 7 The drum. is covered withfelt 8 or drums' 4, 5, and o travel enendless belt o Upon the threeapron 8, of stout canvas or other suitehle flexible material.

9 is e drum mounted in freine 3 under (imm 4 sind between the dfum 4 endadje.- oent end of the frame, :is shown in the drowend of the reiebeyond drum 5 and parallel with diuxn 5.

to drum 6, and l2 is e. drum aojeeent to the drums 2i and 6, below drinnil and above drum 6, but laterally of end out of contest with both,es'shown. v

13 is e, holt o? apron, pe'feieoly of the seme meteiel es the apron 8.The apron 13 passes fiom the dl'um Qheek end around the imm 5, thence toend over 'drum thence eround the drum l2, ove drum l1, around the dum10, and around the drum to the piece of beginning, end it is e.continuous unbroken belt, which mede to tre vel in the directionsindicated by the ei'iows on the several drums With whichit comes incontent. Between thedrums 4. end 5,5 end. @,end. G and 12 the belts 8and '13 ore in'conteot with each othei', and both 'belts move in theseme direc-- tion over ell'parts of their travel in Contact with eachother. l l i 14 is e hopper containing the cloves-seedv to oe reoleened,it has a. Dottorn disehergeopening, in vwhich is lo'eeted the leed-roet' feed the seed from the llo iper onto belt 8 by the rotation of seidfeed-to ler 15.

The seed fed from hopper 14 upon helt ,8 is ceried under drum i2 endmoves thence hetWeen belts or' aprons 8 and 13, over drum 6, Where it ismoistened by Wetel from tank 7, fed to seid belts oy Vthe roller 6. Thewet seed is eerried 'lom roller 6 buoi; to and around the toller or drumand thence to the point of sepemtion oi the two aprons et drums 4 and 9.Located opposite drums't and 9 et the divergence of the 'mo Aaprons aiand 1,3 is the rotery hush i8, which sweeps both aiirons and brushes allofthe seed thereon contained down toward thehottom of the maohine. i

Located. under brush 18 .in the ,oaths of the seeds discharged 'from theaprons hy said brush is e feme 19, having e top wire screen 20, with emesh just large enough to allow e olover-seed to pass through it lreely.The freine Lil-is suspended by links 2l from the mein frame 3.-Supported bythe treme 2% ings, and l() is e drum mounted et the othe.

l5, having radial projections to positively' ll is e drummounted aboveend adjacent y ZCI find located trnnswerselol" tho frame i, under l thescreen 2Q the frame lil is n aholtl 22, having' nn eccentric 2?), aroundwhich is un eccentric-ring having; a rod 24, which is comm-.ted with thefrom@ ES), whereby by the rotation ol' shaft 22 the lirunie 1Q will begiven u vihratory movement. Tl'iel'ruinc l.) und screen 2.0 ure obliqueto the horizontal and slopo inwardly to the discharge The carrier-apronlcuds loterally out ol" the nmchine, where it discharges wluitever hasbeen deposited thereon. Located under Screen 2l) is u bottom 26 to re,-ceivc all thut posses through the screen, und located helow the bottom26 und suitably separated therefrom is a. second bottom 27'. The spacebetween the bottoms`v 26 und 27 is cloned ut sides und ends to l'oino n.chgi'nher into which stesnn is admitted throug'li the pipe 2S and fromwhich 'the steam is exhaustif ed througl'i the opening 2S). rlhe purposeof this Steam is tWheat the bottom 2G und the screen 2U in. order to dryout the seeds :1nd other materials deposited therefm.

Located lit the end ol the machine, which is zt-the upper cud olthe humoi9, is the hopper 3f), containing sawdust, which is dis charged throughun. opening at the lmttorn of the hopper upon the screen 2f). Anadjustable bottom 3l provides n means for regulatingr thediseliurge-ormning from hopper 30. r"hc sawdust deposited upon screen2() is gradually worked toward the lower end of the screen by thevibration of frame 1Q, and inv its progress down thc 'screen it passesunder the brush 18, und the Wet seeds cast down 'by' said brush como incontact with the son# .lilt und the huclihorn-seeds with theircoatmaterial to which 'they adhere und then` reings renderedmucilug'iuous in their wet condition adhere imn'iediutely to the sawdustupon contact therewith and become pmcticnlly insciiuruble fromsuidofiwdust. The clover-Hood ou. the oth er hund, not having thismueilnginous coatingr loses what moisture it muy have. derived from thebelts by ubsorption from the snwdut und the evaporation duc to the heutfrom the steam under the f bottom 26 und hills through the meshes efmegane upon said bottom Z6. The sawdust with tho adhering lmf -.lhorn-seed istoo large to pass through the screen 2O and is tl'iereforccarried. down and deposited upon theearrier-apron und ie removed fromthe machine by the apron, us previously stated. The vibration of thetrarne .lf3 causes the cio-- ver-seed passing through screen 2l) uponbottom 26 to work down to the lover ond of the screen, from whence itdischarges into the pipe 533, by which it is directed to a, suitablestoritg'rvhin or from which it is filled into hugs for use.

df'hile l have mentioned sawdust un the material to which thehuchhorn-seeds will he seeds, then bringing the seeds into Contact. with:i eomrninu ted materiel-to which the undesiruhle Seeds adhere hut whichmaterial will not adhere to the goed seeds, und then removing from themuss the undeeimblc seeds and nmterhtl to which they adhere.

2. The process of .separating mixed eeeds, which consists essentially inmoistening the seeds, then bringing the seeds into contact with ocomnlinutedI material to which the undesirable seeds adhere hut. wl'iichmaterial will not :ulhere to the good snodo, then remov ing; from thenmss the undeshnlile seeds und moving: the remainder ol said eoinminutedumterial from the goed see-dii.

ln witness Whereot` l hfve hereunto set my hand und seal, atindianapolis, indiani, thisl 30th dia-y of March, A. l). i905.'

Slllflth HERR. it. s.] l/Vitnesses: l

. J. A. l\'1N'rUm-r,

F. W. 'Vl/OWNER.

